That's why I switched to coconut oil - especially for sautéing....much higher heat tolerance! My husband has high cholesterol. Natalie
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lorrie Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 4:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Coconut oil Very interesting........... I have avoided it for my husband and I because most tropical oils such as coconut oil and palm kernel oil are very bad for people with high cholesterol. Good to see that coconut oil has some good uses. Lorrie On 04-27, Natalie wrote: > > As it happens, coconut oil is one of the world's best (and > few) sources of MCTs. In fact, 65% of coconut oil is made up of > MCTs. Coconut oil is also an amazing source of ketone bodies, > because those are produced through metabolism of MCTs -- and they > may be a critical weapon against a host of crippling conditions > such as . . . > . Parkinson's disease > . ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) > . Huntington's disease > . Drug resistant epilepsy > . Diabetes _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org

